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Credit Pacific Service Union The Independent Community Bankers of America, ICBA, balked at credit union attempts to sell stock, citing a GAO comment about secondary capital not being needed.If you would like to receive late breaking news on stocks covered by AXcess News then you need to subscribe. By joining, you can stay ahead of the pack and receive the latest news in your email in-box first.Print This Page

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Credit First Service Union Sept 8, 2004 (AXcess News) Washington - The Independent Community Bankers of America, ICBA, balked at credit union attempts to sell stock, citing a GAO comment about secondary capital not being needed.

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Card Credit Mobile Service The General Accountability Office (GAO), the federal government's watchdog agency, has released a report criticizing a National Credit Union Association (NCUA) proposal to allow tax-free credit unions to sell stock to raise secondary capital to further fuel their rapid growth.

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Card Credit Discover Service The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) said the NCUA's proposal exposes the hypocrisy of many in the credit union industry. "Credit unions constantly criticize community banks as stockholder-owned institutions," noted Camden R. Fine, ICBA's president and CEO. "Meanwhile, this report shows they are willing to abandon their cooperative structure for a stockholder model to further grow their operations, while keeping the tax exemptions that give them an unfair advantage over other financial institutions. 'Growth-by any means necessary' should be the motto of the credit union industry."

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Credit Public Service Union "The credit union industry's desire to permit additional forms of capital in the definition of net worth has been exposed for what it is -- a blatant attempt to circumvent current law to promote unbridled expansion of the credit union industry," Fine added. "As ICBA has said for years, it is time for the mega credit unions to focus on their statutory mission to serve people of modest means. If they want to be banks, they should apply for a bank charter and pay taxes."Last year the GAO issued a report documenting the growth of tax exempt mega-credit unions throughout the country and cited the need for greater risk management by credit unions because of the growing concentration of industry assets in large credit unions.Advertisement

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Card Credit Processing Service Community bank stocks got a boost from the ICBA's news with American Community Bancshares (NASDAQ: ACBA) up 3 cents at $13.01, Wainwright Bank & Trust (NASDAQ: WAIN) up 18 cents at $11.60 and Commercial Banchsares (NASDAQ: CLBK) closing up 49 cents at $30.25.

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